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Tariff headlines have taken a front seat in the past couple of weeks, leading stocks to see their worst declines of the year. Not surprisingly, sentiment has begun to reflect price action. One week after coming in at its highest level since October (around the time the S&P 500 hit its prev...
Amid rising concerns over both US and global economic conditions lately, there are several macroeconomic indicators that investors track in order to make well-informed investment decisions. Understanding the statistical relationships between such economic indicators and S&P 500 performance...
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The S&P 500 is a little different from the other major stock indices around the world. For example, fully 75% of the revenues of companies in the FTSE100 come from outside the UK. This explains the inverse relationship of the index to the sterling exchange rate. A falling pound leads to fo...
It doesn't happen often, but sometimes we find ourselves almost perfectly situated to capture two snapshots in time for the S&P 500 (Index: SPX ). We presented the first snapshot in time early in the morning of Monday, May 13, 2019, where we summed up what had happened to the S&P 50...
The escalating US-China trade conflict is a wild card with unknown economic consequences. But even before factoring in this risk, the US economy is expected to post slower growth in the second quarter, based on a set of recent nowcasts. Output in Q2 is on track to decelerate to 2.1% via th...
Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on May 13, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Consumer spending could suffer as companies try to pass on price increases Last week took investors on a roller coaster ride. The climax came at the stro...
One of the most salient features of the 10-year-old bull market has been the recurrence of a pattern we’ve all seen many, many times. Basically, the pattern involves the sudden appearance of an unsettling headline event which takes investors off guard. This is followed by a sharp declin...
"It is a mistake to give in to the notion that emotions were soothed by 'comforting' words about optimism on the ultimate resolution of the trade disagreement", former trader Richard Breslow wrote on Tuesday morning, in his daily column, adding that it's equally misguided to "indulge in playin...